I have added the following tithe applotments to the various county sections of my website: County Tipperary-Moyaliff Civil Parish County Leix/Laois-Moyanna Civil Parish County Galway-Moycullen Civil Parish County Mayo-Magaunagh Civil Parish -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I have just uploaded to the County Tipperary section of my website my transcription of the Moyaliff Civil Parish tithe applotments. Since I now have all of the Kilnamanagh Upper Barony civil parish tithes transcribed, I created an index for the barony to facilitate quicker lookups. First go to the barony index (under the Tipperary North Riding map), and look for your name(s) to find the civil parish in the index. Once you have the civil parish, then check out the parish's tithes. They will give the townland. This barony has lots and lots of Ryans and many include their nicknames which is helpful when looking for a Ryan. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Just let us know when the book is published. Kay In a message dated 09/27/10 13:40:59 Central Daylight Time, jerrykelly@att.net writes: Níl ag an am seo, a chara. Ach leabhar ag teacht./ Not at this time, a chara. But a book coming. LGDG, - G ________________________________ From: jkaywojack <jkaywojack@aol.com> To: irish-american@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 12:40:34 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] The Irish in Colonial America (even Roanoke in 1585!!!) Jerry, since I'm not close to NY, is there a written copy of your talk that can be downloaded? Kay Wojack in AL In a message dated 09/27/10 11:05:30 Central Daylight Time, jerrykelly@att.net writes: A chairde, For those of you in New York and its environs, I'll be giving a talk this Thursday at 6PM for the American Irish Teachers Association on the above-captioned topic. It's free and we'll have fun. Hope you can make it! Place: Liederkranz Club: 6 East 87th Street New York, NY 10128 Topic: The Lost Story of Lost Roanoke (Celts, Germans, Dutch, Poles, Jews, and Native Americans at "English" Roanoke) Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Time: 6:00 P.M. Presenter: Jerry Kelly Le gach dea-ghuí / Best Gearóid / Jerry P.S. The American Irish Teachers Association are the good people who got New York State to accept the Famine Curriculum. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jerry, since I'm not close to NY, is there a written copy of your talk that can be downloaded? Kay Wojack in AL In a message dated 09/27/10 11:05:30 Central Daylight Time, jerrykelly@att.net writes: A chairde, For those of you in New York and its environs, I'll be giving a talk this Thursday at 6PM for the American Irish Teachers Association on the above-captioned topic. It's free and we'll have fun. Hope you can make it! Place: Liederkranz Club: 6 East 87th Street New York, NY 10128 Topic: The Lost Story of Lost Roanoke (Celts, Germans, Dutch, Poles, Jews, and Native Americans at "English" Roanoke) Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Time: 6:00 P.M. Presenter: Jerry Kelly Le gach dea-ghuí / Best Gearóid / Jerry P.S. The American Irish Teachers Association are the good people who got New York State to accept the Famine Curriculum. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Níl ag an am seo, a chara. Ach leabhar ag teacht./ Not at this time, a chara. But a book coming. LGDG, - G ________________________________ From: jkaywojack <jkaywojack@aol.com> To: irish-american@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 12:40:34 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] The Irish in Colonial America (even Roanoke in 1585!!!) Jerry, since I'm not close to NY, is there a written copy of your talk that can be downloaded? Kay Wojack in AL In a message dated 09/27/10 11:05:30 Central Daylight Time, jerrykelly@att.net writes: A chairde, For those of you in New York and its environs, I'll be giving a talk this Thursday at 6PM for the American Irish Teachers Association on the above-captioned topic. It's free and we'll have fun. Hope you can make it! Place: Liederkranz Club: 6 East 87th Street New York, NY 10128 Topic: The Lost Story of Lost Roanoke (Celts, Germans, Dutch, Poles, Jews, and Native Americans at "English" Roanoke) Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Time: 6:00 P.M. Presenter: Jerry Kelly Le gach dea-ghuí / Best Gearóid / Jerry P.S. The American Irish Teachers Association are the good people who got New York State to accept the Famine Curriculum. ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

A chairde, For those of you in New York and its environs, I'll be giving a talk this Thursday at 6PM for the American Irish Teachers Association on the above-captioned topic. It's free and we'll have fun. Hope you can make it! Place: Liederkranz Club: 6 East 87th Street New York, NY 10128 Topic: The Lost Story of Lost Roanoke (Celts, Germans, Dutch, Poles, Jews, and Native Americans at "English" Roanoke) Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010 Time: 6:00 P.M. Presenter: Jerry Kelly Le gach dea-ghuí / Best Gearóid / Jerry P.S. The American Irish Teachers Association are the good people who got New York State to accept the Famine Curriculum.

A delegation from Northern Ireland is spending some time in North Carolina this week. Read about it here: *http://tinyurl.com/2f6egsg* -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

For those living in or around New York City.... You're invited to the Experience Northern Ireland event at Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal in New York City on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Visit between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. for coffee and refreshments. RSVP to deborah.harris@bfs.aero <mailto:deborah.harris@bfs.aero>. If appropriate, send to other lists located in the area. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

This is terrific! Thanks. Beth On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Pat Connors <nymets11@pacbell.net> wrote: > Thanks to Colleen, Down Under, for passing this great info to me so I > could send it to my various lists. > > > The site for the Aust newspapers is http://newspapers.nla.gov.au > It is a project of the Australian National Archives and is free to > search, you don't have to be a member of another library. > > You will find historic newspapers from circa 1803 - 1954 from all > Australian States and about 60 different newspapers. The states > being Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Australian > Capital Territory (Canberra), South Australia, Western Australia and > Tasmania (where most of the convicts were taken). > > According to NLA web site there are 2½ million pages and 25,620,00 > articles (how they work that out I don't know, probably guestimation!) > On their "About Us" page it gives a description of how best to use the > site. > Coverage: A graph showing years and the papers digitised. > Legal Stuff: Yes, that's what it is called - not too frightening > Known bugs: No, not viruses but just how your search results might come > up or why they might not come up. > All in all a very easy site to navigate & use, there is an easy > enlargement tool & save the image & easy print button. > > > -- > Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Elizabeth W. Tordella, MS, RN ewtordella@gmail.com

I have added the following tithe applotments to the various Irish county sections of my website: County Galway-Kiltullagh Civil Parish County Leitrim-Kiltubbrid Civil Parish County Mayo-Kilturra Civil Parish (also includes some townland from Co Sligo) County Tipperary-Kilvellane (North Riding) Civil Parish, Kilvemnon (South Riding) Civil Parish Please read my transcription notes to see what problems I encountered. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

A chairde, I just finished writing a book on the ancient Celtic ancestry of the O'Brien family. I wasn't far into my writing when I ran into the question of which terminology to use in order to keep my writing accurate in a Celtic, rather than Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-American, context. Here's where I came out - an extract from my chapter on Genealogical Terminology in Irish. I hope you find it helpful. Le gach dea-ghuí / Best, Gearóid / Jerry Treibhand 'Tribe' As you’ll see in this book, Ireland was tribal in government, law, and custom until the 17th century. All rights, privileges, and responsibilities were shared by members of a clan or tribe. Every aspect of an individual’s life was touched by his or her identity as a member of that clan and tribe. Today, many people of Irish descent around the world are no longer used to thinking in that way. Many are surprised or uneasy or even offended to hear or see the word 'tribe' used in an Irish context given that it sometimes has negative connotations in English. As a result, some authors go to great lengths to avoid the term. For example, I recently saw a particular Irish tribe described in print as "a dynastic group of related septs." Talk about being afraid to say simply "X is an Irish tribe"! Accurate history is not always flattering to a modern sensibility. The Irish engaged in human sacrifice in the pre-Christian period and were ritual head-hunters until the 17th century. If one day we were foolish enough to attempt to re-write our history as a form of propaganda, we would have much bigger image problems than the mere fact that Irish culture provided extremely important roles for families, clans, and tribes. The word for ‘tribe’ in Irish is treibh, and it has no negative associations. (How could it in a tribally-based culture?) Cognate with the English word 'tribe,' treibh comes down to us separately from the same Indo-European root. Traditionally in Irish Gaelic culture, if you know your genealogy including your clann or clanna ('clan' or 'clans') and treibh ortreibheanna ('tribe' or'tribes'), you are noble. If you don't, you're a bodach, a churl. In this book I use the word 'tribe' as treibh is used in Irish - a large kinship group made up of a number of smaller kinship groups, which are often called 'clans.' Clannand 'Clan' It should be noted that the word clann is the origin of the modern English word 'clan.' Its original meaning is 'children.' But it has also been used in Irish from an early period to mean 'clan.' Today, in Modern Irish, it can mean 'children,' 'clan,' or 'family,' depending upon its context. Oddly, like the word 'tribe,' the word 'clan' has had a troubled history in modern Irish scholarship. Some Irish scholars have avoided use of the word altogether, preferring instead to use the word sept to describe Irish kinship groups. Sept is a term borrowed from English agriculture. In the 16th century, the English used it to mean a 'paddock.' Lexicographers believe that the word sept ultimately derives from the Latin word septum, which means a 'hedge' or 'fence.' I'm told that it was first used in genealogy in Scotland, although I've seen recently that some Scots are now abandoning the term in favor of "surname" and blaming the Irish for its introduction! The word sept is usually used to mean a kinship group which is larger than a single family yet smaller than a tribe. As a result, it's sometimes used to mean sloinne (as defined above, this is a distinct kindred which bears a particular surname), and sometimes used to mean clann. Today, just before I sat down to write this, I even saw the word used to describe a very large tribe - the Dál gCais! It's apparent that the word sept has become so vague in meaning that it's lost its usefulness as a genealogical term. As far as I can tell, the scholars who originally used the word 'sept' were trying to avoid confusion between modern Scottish clans and earlier Irish clans, which had a different structure. This is a laudable objective, but the method chosen strikes me to some degree as overkill, for the following reasons: We experience no confusion when applying the word 'clan' to other kinship groups around the word, whether Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Aboriginal, or Native American. Nor do we expect that such clans must use exactly the same structure as a Scottish clan in order to earn use of the word. When a distinction has to be made, there's no reason why we can't just say "Irish clan" or "Scottish clan," just as we might say "Japanese clan" or "Bedouin clan." Irish has a huge vocabulary, but if we were to cede the use of every Irish Gaelic word shared with Scottish Gaelic, we'd have little left. This seems a high price to pay for the honor of having a daughter-language, even one as excellent as Scottish Gaelic. Further, the word clann has been specifically used in Irish to mean a 'clan' (i.e., a significantly-sized kinship group) for over a millennium, including in such important early Irish documents as the Brehon Laws. This usage dates to centuries before the word clann appears in Scottish documents, or the word 'clan' appears in English documents. In other words, why introduce the confusion of a Latin or English word meaning a 'partition' or a 'fence' or a 'hedge' or a 'paddock' merely to avoid a perfectly good Gaelic word (or words) already long in use and better suited to the task? As you've seen in this section, we have a complete (and, in fact, more extensive) genealogical vocabulary of our own in Irish Gaelic. I don't see any harm in borrowing from the vocabularies of Roman or English agriculture. But it's not necessary.

Thanks to Colleen, Down Under, for passing this great info to me so I could send it to my various lists. The site for the Aust newspapers is http://newspapers.nla.gov.au It is a project of the Australian National Archives and is free to search, you don't have to be a member of another library. You will find historic newspapers from circa 1803 - 1954 from all Australian States and about 60 different newspapers. The states being Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory (Canberra), South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania (where most of the convicts were taken). According to NLA web site there are 2½ million pages and 25,620,00 articles (how they work that out I don't know, probably guestimation!) On their "About Us" page it gives a description of how best to use the site. Coverage: A graph showing years and the papers digitised. Legal Stuff: Yes, that's what it is called - not too frightening Known bugs: No, not viruses but just how your search results might come up or why they might not come up. All in all a very easy site to navigate & use, there is an easy enlargement tool & save the image & easy print button. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

The following new records and/or images have been added to the beta FamilySearch.org website: Canada, New Brunswick---Death Certificates, 1920--1934 Canada, New Brunswick---Death Certificates, 1935--1938 Canada, New Brunswick---Provincial Returns of Births and Late Registrations, 1810--1906 Canada, New Brunswick---Provincial Returns of Deaths, 1815--1919Canada, Newfoundland---Registers of Vital Statistics, 1753--1893 Canada, Prince Edward Island---Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885 Canada, Prince Edward Island---Death Card Index, 1721-1905 Canada, Prince Edward Island---Marriage Registers, 1832-1888 England, Calendar Durham---Diocesan Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1594--1815 England, Durham---Diocese Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1692--1900New Zealand---Immigration Passenger Lists, 1871--1915 New Zealand---Immigration Passenger Lists, 1871-1915, Pt.2 U.S., Illinois---Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916--1947 U.S., Illinois---Probate Books, 1819-1970 U.S., Indiana---Davies & Clay Counties, Marriages, 1811-1959 U.S., Minnesota---1857 Territorial Census U.S., Ohio---Tax Records, 1800--1850 (Part 2 of 4) U.S., South Dakota ---1945 State Census U.S., Tennessee---Death Records, 1914--1955 United States---Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1861--1869 Plus, many more from other countries. Visitors to FamilySearch.org now have access to over 5 million new records of free indexed names and images. These 48 recently published collections feature names from 19 different countries, including the first sets of records from Nicaragua and Sri Lanka. All of these records can be found at http://Beta.FamilySearch.org. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

What wondeful information! Although not mine, a great bit of information. Thanks Pat! janet --- On Sat, 9/18/10, irish-american-request@rootsweb.com <irish-american-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: irish-american-request@rootsweb.com <irish-american-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: IRISH-AMERICAN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 130 To: irish-american@rootsweb.com Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 12:01 AM REMEMBER: 1.  When replying to a message posted in a digest, change the subject. 2.  When replying to a message posted in a digest, delete all of the digest, except the message you are replying to.  If it is a long message, delete most of it, keeping the part that you are commenting on. Don't forget to add/check your surname to the Irish-American Mailing List Surname Registry at:  http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ Today's Topics:    1. County Galway 1841 Irish census (Pat Connors) To contact the IRISH-AMERICAN list administrator, send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the IRISH-AMERICAN mailing list, send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text.

I have just added to the County Galway section of my website some 1841 Irish census records (about 100 families). These are from the Thrift Genealogical Abstracts filmed by the Family History Library. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

Can someone tell me if Ohio and Michigan's secretary of state has a database that works like Illinois web site. In Ohio I am looking for the cities of Osborn and Fairbanks. And Kalamazoo Michigan is my other city I am looking for information. Thank you, Diane

I have just added a number of County Armagh 1841 & 1851 Ireland census records to the County Armagh section of my website. I have over 1,000 records transcribed for the county and will gradually get them online, as time permits. This first group is from Family History Films from the Old Age Pension records. They are indexed by the head of household surname. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

I am sending this to the NY and New England Irish lists, even though their stops are not in NY or in New England because there are people on both of those lists from all parts of the US. I attended one of these lectures a few years back in Portland OR and found it well worth my time and money. Thursday, 07 October 2010 (9:30 AM to 4:00 PM) Programme title: Researching Your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors Location of programme: McMaster Center, Main Library, 325 North Michigan St, Toledo, OH 43604 Phone: 419-259-5233 Host organisation: Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Main contact: Jill Clever, Manager, Local History and Genealogy, jill.clever@toledolibrary.org Further information: This event is free. To register contact the reference desk at 419-259-5233 or visit www.toledolibrary.org/default.aspx Saturday, 09 October 2010 (8:30 AM to 3:30 PM) Programme title: Scots-Irish Seminar and Workshop Location of programme: Brown-Forman meeting rooms, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 W. Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601-1931 Host organisation: Kentucky Historical Society Main contact: Jim Kastner, Library Administrator, Kentucky Historical Society (jim.kastner@ky.gov) Registration Details: $25 for members of the Kentucky Historical Society and $30 for non members Further information: history.ky.gov Tel: 502-564-1792 x 4432 Monday, 11 October 2010. (morning – time to be confirmed) Programme title: Irish and Scots-Irish Research Surgery Location of programme: Campbell House Museum, 1508 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103 Host organisation: Campbell House Museum Main contact: www.campbellhousemuseum.org Further information: ahahn [at] stlouis.missouri.org Tel: 314-421-0325 Tuesday, 12 October 2010 (3:00 PM to 7:00 PM) Programme title: Irish and Scots-Irish Genealogy Location of programme: Walmart Room, Bentonville Library, 405 S. Main Street, Bentonville, Arkansas, 72712 Host organisation: Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society Main contact: NAGS, c/o Bentonville Library, 405 S. Main Street, Bentonville, Arkansas, 72712 Registration Details: There is no cost for the seminar. However there is a limit of 125 people so pre-registration is required to insure your spot. Please send us your name as you would like it listed and your contact information by October 1st, either by mail: NAGS, c/o Bentonville Library at the above address, Further information: nags2@juno.com or by phone, 479-271-6820 where you can leave us a message. Saturday, 16 October 2010 (8:30 AM to 3:30 PM) Programme title: Scots/Irish Genealogy Seminar Location of programme: Clayton Library, Carriage House, 5300 Caroline St., Houston, TX Host organisation: Friends of the Clayton Library Main contact: president@claytonlibraryfriends.org Registration Details: $30.00 per person until September 15th, $40.00 from September 15th - until October 10th Payment: Make cheques payable to Clayton Library Friends and note “Irish Seminar”, send payment to: Clayton Library Friends, P. O. Box 271078, Houston, TX 77277-1078 Further information: To register go to www.claytonlibraryfriends.org/ Sunday, 17 October 2010 (11:30 AM to 4:30 PM) Programme title: Stone Mountain Highland Games Location of event: The Stone Mountain Highland Park, GA Host organisation: Tourism Ireland exhibition stand Main contact: The Stone Mountain Highland Games, P.O. Box 14023, Atlanta, GA 30324-1023 Further information: www.smhg.org/index.html -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com

The following are the larger files that were added or updated during August. Christina for IGP-Archives http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ IRELAND GENERAL - NEWSPAPER Assorted Births, Deaths And Marriages from assorted Newspapers -1700's http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/countrywide/news.htm CORK HEADSTONES Creagh Cemetery between Skibbereen and Baltimore in West Cork http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/cork/photos/tombstones/markers.htm DUBLIN - HEADSTONES Deansgrange Cemetery, North Section Part 2 Deansgrange Cemetery, Plot of the Angels Deansgrange Cemetery, St. Itas Section , pt1 Deansgrange Cemetery, St.Fintan’s Section, Pt. 1 Glencullen Cemetery, Old (around St. Patrick's ruins) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/markers.htm FERMANAGH CHURCH RECORDS Tubrid Church, Kesh, Co. Fermanagh -Marriages 1801-1904 http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/fermanagh/church.htm GALWAY HEADSTONES. Ardrahan Graveyard, County Galway http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/galway/photos/tombstones/markers.htm KILDARE HEADSTONES Straffan Graveyard http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kildare/photos/tombstones/markers.htm KILKENNY DIRECTORIES Directory for the Year 1788 (City of Kilkenny) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/kilkenny/directory.htm OFFALY (KINGS) PHOTOS Parish Church At Boher, Parish http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/offaly/photos.htm WICKLOW HEADSTONES Wicklow Parish Church, (Update) http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/wicklow/photos/tombstones/markers.htm ===============================

You can search Ancestry Immigration section free for the Labor Day weekend at: http://www.ancestry.com/immigration All you have to give is your name and email address. -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com